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Reading reality : nineteenth-century American experiments in the real

Title
Reading reality : nineteenth-century American experiments in the real / E. Thomas Finan.
Author
Finan, E. Thomas
Publication
  • Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
x, 209 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Focusing on Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson, this book challenges the theory that literature during the antebellum period was idealistic by considering contemporary notions of the real"--
Subject
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
  • Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
  • 1800-1899
  • American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Realism in literature
  • Reality in literature
  • American literature
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
One. Real excavations -- Two. The drops of summer rain -- Three. In and out of the game with Walt Whitman -- Four. Disjunction - disclosure - Dickinson -- Five. Challenging appearances.
Call Number
JFE 21-3907
ISBN
  • 9780813945590
  • 0813945593
  • 9780813945606
  • 0813945607
LCCN
  • 2020033424
  • 40030364504
OCLC
1178869418
Author
Finan, E. Thomas, author.
Title
Reading reality : nineteenth-century American experiments in the real / E. Thomas Finan.
Publisher
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Other Form:
Online version: Finan, E. Thomas. Reading reality Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021. 9780813945613 (DLC) 2020033425
Other Standard Identifier
40030364504
Research Call Number
JFE 21-3907
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